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Symphony X

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Progressive Metal

http://www.symphonyx.com
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/officialsymphonyx

21 авг 2025 :	New SYMPHONY X Album Is 'Definitely Coming', Says MIKE LEPOND
24 фев 2025 :	SYMPHONY X Will 'Probably' Release Long-Awaited New Album In 2026: 'It's Gonna Have All The Cool Stuff' Fans Like
30 окт 2024 :	SYMPHONY X's MICHAEL ROMEO Says He Is 'Overwhelmed By The Amount' Of Material He Has Written For Band's Next Album
28 сен 2022 :	SYMPHONY X Is Planning To Release New Studio Album In 2023
24 фев 2022 :	SYMPHONY X's MICHAEL ROMEO Has Been 'Working Every Day' On Material For Follow-Up To 'Underworld'
25 сен 2020 :	SYMPHONY X Is Waiting For Pandemic To Subside Before Beginning Work On New Album
28 май 2020 :	SYMPHONY X Guitarist Says Group Will 'Talk About A Record' After Summer Tour Ends
27 май 2020 :	SYMPHONY X Bassist: 'Being Pigeonholed As A Progressive Metal Band Has Cost Us A Lot Of Fans'
13 май 2020 :	SYMPHONY X Is 'Ready To Start Writing' A New Album
26 фев 2019 :	SYMPHONY X Has No Finished Songs Ready For Next Studio Album
5 июл 2018 :	SYMPHONY X Will Regroup 'At Some Point' To Begin Work On Follow-Up To 'Underworld'
17 янв 2018 :	SYMPHONY X To Begin Work On Follow-Up To 'Underworld'
10 май 2017 :	SYMPHONY X Drummer JASON RULLO Launches New Trio
4 май 2017 :	RUSSELL ALLEN: 'There's No Future Plans For SYMPHONY X At This Time'
23 ноя 2016 :	SYMPHONY X: Pro-Shot Footage Of Entire BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Performance
22 мар 2016 :	SYMPHONY X: Quality Footage Of Tilburg Concert
20 янв 2016 :	SYMPHONY X Launch “In My Darkest Hour” Track Video; European Tour Kicks Off Next Month
8 авг 2015 :	SYMPHONY X Release “Kiss Of Fire” Lyric Video; Underworld Album Chart Positions Revealed
19 июн 2015 :	SYMPHONY X Releases 'Without You' Digital Single; Lyric Video Available
23 май 2015 :	SYMPHONY X: Official Lyric Video For New Song 'Nevermore'
19 май 2015 :	SYMPHONY X To Release 'Underworld' Album In July
12 апр 2015 :	SYMPHONY X Completes Mixing And Mastering New Album
7 апр 2015 :	SYMPHONY X Bassist MIKE LEPOND To Rejoin HEATHEN'S RAGE For Three 'Reunion' Shows
3 фев 2015 :	SYMPHONY X's RUSSELL ALLEN: Fans Will Get Next Album When It's Finally Done
12 дек 2014 :	SYMPHONY X 'Almost Done' Recording New Album
9 сен 2014 :	SYMPHONY X To Begin Recording New Album This Week

21 авг 2025

New SYMPHONY X Album Is 'Definitely Coming', Says MIKE LEPOND

In a new interview with Rev. Tom Brice of Sportzwire Radio, SYMPHONY X bassist Mike LePond spoke about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's long-awaited follow-up to 2015's "Underworld" album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "We are getting closer. And, yeah, the fans, they're clamoring for a new album. I can't blame 'em. It's been 10 years. If JUDAS PRIEST didn't come out with an album for 10 years, I'd be pretty mad too. We have been writing it. We have most of the parts kind of together. Now it's just a matter of recording it, really. So, it's definitely coming. And if things stay on track the way they are, we're thinking next year [it will be out], so we're excited. I mean, the stuff sounds really, really cool. And believe me, I want you guys to hear it as soon as possible."

Regarding the musical direction of the new SYMPHONY X material, Mike said: "Well, the 'Underworld' record, I felt, encompassed a bunch of SYMPHONY X styles. I think the new record, judging from what I've been hearing, it's gonna even more kind of be like a summary of SYMPHONY X's career, as far as our musical directions. 'Cause we went on a few directions. There was a point in our career where we got noticeably heavier and a little more straighter."

LePond went on to elaborate on the reasons for the delay in putting out new SYMPHONY X music, explaining: "With SYMPHONY X, there's tremendous pressure on us to consistently do great records. Our fans, they're really diehard fans and they're so supportive and they expect only excellence from us. So that's always in the back of our mind. So, if we're working on something and maybe it's good, but we're not sure, we won't use it. We're only gonna put songs on the record that we feel are excellent and worthy of the fans. So absolutely that plays a role. But the other things too — you had COVID, and in and out of touring. Once you start touring, then you forget about the writing and then you come back to it and then you forget where you left off and you start again."

Early next month, SYMPHONY X will embark on a summer/fall 2025 North American tour with Finnish metallers SONATA ARCTICA. The trek will launch on September 4 in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania and conclude on September 29 in Red Bank, New Jersey.

During this year's 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, LePond told Metal Anthology about the band's follow-up to "Underworld": "[We've been working on new material for] many years. A bunch of years. We are working on a new album, and it's gonna have all the cool stuff you guys like. It's gonna have the big symphonic stuff, it's gonna have the heavy riffs, it's gonna have the classical [elements as well]. It's gonna have all that stuff in there."

He continued: "When we write, it just takes time, because [SYMPHONY X guitarist and main songwriter] Michael Romeo, his rule [is] there's no filler songs, no songs that are, like, 'Ah, it's not bad.' And it goes in the garbage. They've all gotta be where at least we think they're all great. They all have to be that.

"The fans are, like, 'Hey, it's been so long.' But we promise you it's coming," Mike added. "It's gonna be good."

Asked if there will be a longer song on the upcoming SYMPHONY X album, considering "Underworld" contained mostly "shorter, more straightforward" tracks, Mike said: "We're still thinking where we wanna go with that. There's gonna be something crazy epic on it. We just don't know how we're gonna present it yet. But with all the newer technology for the symphonic stuff, it's gonna be monstrous."

LePond added: "So, yeah, we're excited to finally do it again. When it's time to record the bass, I'll been sweating for days, but once it's done… I have this routine. Once I finish all my bass tracks and I'm just so tired and wiped out, I go to McDonald's [fast food restaurant chain]. That's the only time I go, and it's, like, 'Ah.' My comfort."

Last October, Romeo told the "Coffee With Ola" podcast about the upcoming SYMPHONY X LP: "With us, it's not like, 'Oh, yeah, we're just gonna write one — how do you say? — single, and then just have a bunch of filler. It's, like, everything's gotta be as good as it can be. So, yeah, it gets harder and it takes longer. Then you throw in COVID and a bunch of other things, and then it's just, like, 'Oh, shit.' Now it's, like, I don't know — eight years or something. I lost track.

"What's different now than in the past is that we could take a bunch of time off. There would be some royalties from CDs back in the day coming in and kind of float on the downtime and really get the record done and then come back out [with a] new record, tour. So now it's, like, well, that money's gone. So we have to tour a little bit, keep things going, work on the record, go back out. So it's been like that for a while. And for me — I do most of the writing, so for me it's hard because you're sitting in the studio for whatever month, 'I got this idea,' and you're trying to put these things together, and it's, like, 'Oh, we've gotta go on tour now.' All right, cool. We do our thing. And then you come back, and it's, like, 'What the fuck was I working on again? Was this riff here?' And so you're trying to arrange all this stuff. And then you're, like, 'Oh, I've got all these new ideas.' So then you keep adding. And then after a long period of time, it's, like, 'Oh my god, there's so much stuff I can't even manage it now.' Plenty of material — like three hours of stuff — but now it's actually making sense."

Elaborating on when SYMPHONY X might be done composing the material for the next album, Michael said: "It's gonna take some time to organize everything. It's not like there's nothing there. It's [not], like, 'Oh, man, we have to start from scratch.' There's quite a bit. It's actually overwhelming. I never remember being this overwhelmed by the amount of stuff, 'cause over the last year and a half or whatever, every time there was a break, it's, like, 'Okay, I'll write something.' I didn't stop and [go], like, 'Well, let me finish this.' It was, like, boom, 'I got all these ideas,' and I just kept going. So now it's, like, all right, no more writing. Now more arranging."

SYMPHONY X completed an extensive tour behind "Underworld" in 2016, including a U.S. run of shows with OVERKILL and a pair of headlining performances in Australia.

In July 2017, SYMPHONY X singer Russell Allen and his ADRENALINE MOB bandmates were involved in a crash that killed the latter group's bassist, David Zablidowsky.

In 2019, Allen — who has toured with TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA since 2013 — was injured during the rehearsals for TSO's annual winter trek and was unable to make the tour.

Romeo released his latest solo album, "War Of The Worlds Pt. 2", in March 2022 via InsideOut Music. The record featured guest vocals by Dino Jelusick (WHITESNAKE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA).

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